9. "as good as…"相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。) k u x% T$ l- d
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
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; I* F* f/ U# l 10."many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many as well…as"可译为"与其……,不如……,更好","以这样做……为宜","如同……,也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事,可译为"犹如……","可与……一样荒唐","与其那样不如这样的好"等等。( y' h& [0 x1 ?- `: s" J) c0 o7 ^
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly. {; w. _7 t: J2 [+ s7 n
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11."to make…of"的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)
2 [4 G4 [& M) z0 { I will make a scientist of my son.7 ]% F0 o4 T5 x; x3 L, I3 H3 {
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She is too angry to speak.# h# O2 i/ d: g. N$ n
( R" s' `2 ], C2 l4 B a' w 13. only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义,凡是"not","all""but等字
4 M& c R& g- C3 l后+"too…to,"不定式都失去了否定意义,在"too ready(apt) +to do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义。& |" w# n0 S/ Z" ^5 w# N4 X
You know but too yell to hold your tongue.' K6 x& ~6 `: d. i* u% s
) z0 w8 S4 C1 v% d* r4 X 14. "no more …than…"句型
1 u4 S* ?: V0 U p A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
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9 t: h, v7 E: \$ i; v 15. "not so much…as"和"not so much as …"结构,"not so much…as"="not so much as …",其中as有进可换用but rather,可译为:"与其说是……毋须说是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even,"可译为"甚至……还没有"。$ T3 H3 t: w( b
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it .
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16. "Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"结构,"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有最高级比较的意思,"Nothing I"可换用"no","nobody","nowhere","little","few","hardly","scarcely"等等,可译为"没有……比……更为","像……再没有了","最……"等。$ l) w5 O, z j0 a* d' ]( F2 z
Nothing is more precious than time. |